A social history of women in England 450 - 1500 Henrietta Leyser first published: 1995 ★★ Synopsis Medieval Women looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women. Henrietta Leder considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every women of the time: medieval views on sex, …
Polenta e Liberdade
Arlindo Itacir Battistel first published: 1998 ★★★★ Synopsis Polenta e Liberdade (Polenta and Freedom) tells stories about Italian immigrants who moved to Brazil. The author, after completing his research, aimed to recreate how those people lived in Italy: the environment, their thoughts, feelings, hopes, sorrows and their motivation to migrate to America. This saga is …
Thoughts of One's Own 